This is the place to explore breaking events and important news about the casino of North America. While there may are 23 separate countries on the continent, you will find most of them covered in our Caribbean Casino News section. While some news from Mexico will appear here, most of the articles about casinos and regulatory happenings in this section are about the Canadian and US industries. The U.S.A. has more casinos than any other place on earth, so most of the articles in this category are about them.
The U.S. and Mexico are organized by states while Canada is organized by provinces and territories. In the U.S. and Canada, we have given all Tribal and First Nation news the same weighting as if they were a single state within their respective countries.
This section provides a broad overview of all casino news in North America and the articles are always cross-referenced with more specific information about the subject matter.
A federal judge is being asked by the state of Massachusetts and a tribe descending from the first inhabitants of Martha's Vineyard to rule on whether the Aquinnah Wampanoags can build a casino on tribal lands ...
In a matter that came down to the wording of their treaty and previous case law, the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma has won a major ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who decided the tribe's en...
Say goodbye to riverboat gambling in the Quad Cities area. Rhythm City Casino officially broke ground Thursday, June 4th on the site of a new land-based casino near I-74 and I-80 in Davenport, Iowa. The new cas...
A new casino in Connecticut will be built. This, according to Governor Dannel P. Malloy's spokesman Mark Bergman - as reported by the Associated Press Friday. The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes successf...
The state of California had earlier challenged a decision made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1994 over forming a trust and allotting land to the Big Lagoon Rancheria. The federal government allows an India...
The $1.5 million Belmont Stakes will be run on Saturday at Belmont Park in New York. American Pharoah has won the first two legs of the coveted Triple Crown and will vie to become the 12th Triple Crown winner i...
As the 2015 World Series of Poker continues in Las Vegas, more and more players are earning the coveted gold bracelet and bragging rights for a title win. For the $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship ...
Twenty seven Indian tribes in Washington State now have approval for Class III gaming thanks to a new compact approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Almost every tribe in the state signed the new agreement w...
The Indian gaming industry in the United States is estimated to be around $28 billion in 2015 and will continue to grow as a number of tribes continue to open new casinos and expand existing ones on their reser...
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Idaho wants the state's Supreme Court to enforce legislation passed overwhelmingly by both houses but vetoed by Governor Butch Otter. The law would ban instant horse racing terminals ...
The Joplin Globe is reporting that Federal attorneys are attempting to get Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's lawsuit attempting to stymie the expansion of the Downstream Casino Resort across the Oklahoma ...
The first-ever WSOP Colossus event has come to an end with 14,284 players paying the $565 buy-in and a total of 22,374 players after re-entries. With a prize pool guaranteed at $5 million, the player pool incre...
Once Judge Andrew Gordon ruled the case against high stakes gambler Paul Phua be dismissed, the gambler wasted no time exiting the country. Having been confined to Las Vegas for many months since the case began...
On June 3rd 2015, it was reported that for the opening on Tuesday, the Oneida Nation of New York welcomed massive crowds to the Yellow Brick Road Casino.
The Syracuse Post Standard said that more than 1500 p...
New Jersey’s casino industry is centered in Atlantic City and as the city has a number of premier casinos establishments. Both locals and tourists flock to these casinos to gamble and indulge themselves in the ...